, 1887-10-22
A BOGUS defective.
"F. C. Eisner, Chief Inspector" is
the Mans Signature.
His Office Alleged TO be "l20 Lara.
mic Street, Cheyenne"
A Fraud Who Should be Appre,
hended and Punished.

hended and Punished.
The information conveyed to the auth
critics in this article will probably be the
cause of placing behind the bars one of
the shrewdest and most aud acious swind-
lers who ever operated in the west.
Sometime last June. the exact date can
not be recalled, Geo. l.. Taylor, the Capt.
tol avenue curiosity dealer, received an or
der frem one I. B. Clunie, of Leadyille,
requesting the immediate forwarding Of a
dozen cowboy photographs, scenes of west
crn life, such as are kept in stock by him.
The order was supplemented by the direc-
ton hat the package be sent in care of +.
III. Biggers, a Leadville hardware dealer.
MIR. Taylor at once sent the pictures, and,
after allowing a reasonable time to elapse,
wrote to Mr.. Biggers, inquiring the where
abouts and financial standing of his GUS
toner. in reply TO his inquiry the follow
missive was received from the hardware
merchant, whose place of business is 304
lldrTlsOn avenue, LeauVlle .
G.. L. Taylor, DEAR SIR:-Yours of
Oct. IS, in regard to z. B. Clunie at
hand. The party was here in June, and
l simply had a speaking acquaintance
with him. | suppose he received the
photographs, as he exhibited to me some
of the kind mentioned. He claimed to
me that he was F. G. Eisen, chief of a
live stock detective association, and said
that he had assumed the name of Clunie
as he was on the track of a horse thief.
[ doubted his claim, and whenever he was
in the store watched him closely. |
think you can say good bye to your dozen
photos. Respectfully,
Il. II. BIGGERs.
Mr.. Taylor naturally supposed that
some penniless adorer of the wild West
had operated a clever ruse to secure the
photographs free Of charge, and thought
no more of the matter until he perused
the appended epistle written upon the
letter head of an imaginary organization
called the Wyoming Live Stock Associa-
ton" Above and to the right of this
line was IF. G. Eisen, chief Inspector"
to the left, IT. I. Rayncl, A. B. Jack
son, deputies. Beneath the displayed
line was the purported location of the
Office of the concern as "l2O Laramie
street, - and Telephone number It'll"
Beneath this heading was the following:
G. l.. TdyIor-DEAR SIR; F. B. Gu
ME, the man you wrote about, Is the one
who represented himself to be +. G.
Eisen, chief inspector of the above asso-
citation, as [ wrote before. | thought he
was a fraud and watched HIM closely.
The above is a sample of the letter heads
he always used. If he is an imposter it
would be as well for you to report this to
the Office, provided there is such an insti-
tuition as is mentioned. Respectfully.
+. II. BIGGERS.
Sometime since a letter addressed to "F.
c. Eisen, deputy sheriff, Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming was left at the court house by a
mail carrier. 1t was opened upon the sup
position that one of the facetious prison
ers had given the address to outside par
ties. The writer, apparently the mother
of the person for whom the letter was in
tended, stated that she would soon meet
him at the Windsor hotel in Denver. SLe
inquired as to the condition of his wound,
expressing the wish that it might soon be
healed. The lady also desired to know if
he was not wearying of that kind Of a
life" evidently believing that he was en-
gagged in some legitimate business. The
epistle was dated st. Louis and signed,
Ever your mother, B. f."
That a confidence man of an approved
stripe is industriously working is very evil
lent from the above correspondence. Just
what his particular line is will probably
be developed in due time. The task of
discovering this, together with the arrest
and punishment of the criminal, THE
LEADER leaves in the hands of the eff
Client officials of Cheyenne and Leadville.